diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1bae555b..c5ea2de4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2465,9 +2465,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-librocksdb-sys"
-version = "0.26.0+9.6.1"
+version = "0.29.0+9.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4508cf0cb12feb8185556cebc1bf2e53925b415e7b5cb3bcaaff5d90f57eae4e"
+checksum = "7431f14c28485bd13140e5b27298c22a3b96a0cc9f60a4f5318ae782b7288e9c"
 dependencies = [
  "bindgen",
  "bzip2-sys",
@@ -2481,9 +2481,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-rocksdb"
-version = "0.30.0"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "98735c6ebacc6796c0f74814de76d99dd379df7afa7389c801ed11bba5782884"
+checksum = "c4412bfff73ff8f0c458041934bee4f0bbf92488271e8e5d767679f4a670df44"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rust-librocksdb-sys",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ef130acc..92b2c6db 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 regex = "1.11.1"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", default-features = false, features = ["http2", "rustls-tls-native-roots", "socks"] }
 ring = "0.17.8"
-rocksdb = { package = "rust-rocksdb", version = "0.30.0", features = ["lz4", "multi-threaded-cf", "zstd"], optional = true }
+rocksdb = { package = "rust-rocksdb", version = "0.33.0", features = ["lz4", "multi-threaded-cf", "zstd"], optional = true }
 ruma = { git = "https://github.com/ruma/ruma", branch = "main", features = ["compat", "rand", "appservice-api-c", "client-api", "federation-api", "push-gateway-api-c", "server-util", "state-res", "unstable-msc2448", "unstable-msc3575", "unstable-exhaustive-types", "ring-compat", "unstable-unspecified" ] }
 rusqlite = { version = "0.32.1", optional = true, features = ["bundled"] }
 rustls = { version = "0.23.16", default-features = false, features = ["ring", "log", "logging", "std", "tls12"] }
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 892de814..f2016994 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -241,6 +241,23 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "rocksdb": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1730475155,
+        "narHash": "sha256-u5uuShM2SxHc9/zL4UU56IhCcR/ZQbzde0LgOYS44bM=",
+        "owner": "facebook",
+        "repo": "rocksdb",
+        "rev": "3c27a3dde0993210c5cc30d99717093f7537916f",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "facebook",
+        "ref": "v9.7.4",
+        "repo": "rocksdb",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "attic": "attic",
@@ -250,6 +267,7 @@
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "nix-filter": "nix-filter",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
+        "rocksdb": "rocksdb",
         "rust-manifest": "rust-manifest"
       }
     },
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 55d0f9b8..aae3883b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils?ref=main";
     nix-filter.url = "github:numtide/nix-filter?ref=main";
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-unstable";
+    rocksdb = { url = "github:facebook/rocksdb?ref=v9.7.4"; flake = false; };
 
     rust-manifest = {
       # Keep version in sync with rust-toolchain.toml
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/rocksdb/default.nix b/nix/pkgs/rocksdb/default.nix
index 4468c4d6..9aa62353 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/rocksdb/default.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/rocksdb/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Dependencies (keep sorted)
-{ lib
+{ inputs
+, lib
 , rocksdb
 , rust-jemalloc-sys
 
@@ -8,7 +9,14 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  rocksdb' = rocksdb.override {
+  rocksdb' = (rocksdb.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    src = inputs.rocksdb;
+    version = lib.removePrefix
+      "v"
+      (builtins.fromJSON
+        (builtins.readFile ../../../flake.lock)
+      ).nodes.rocksdb.original.ref;
+  })).override {
     jemalloc = rust-jemalloc-sys;
 
     enableLiburing = false;